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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...the foundation of the Society. The meeting then proceeded to the election of Officers and Council for the ensuing year, when the following Fellows were elected: --President. H. H. Turner, Esq., D.Sc, F.R.S., Savilian Professor of Astronomy, Oxford. Vice-Presidents. Sir William Abney, K.C.B., R.E., D.C.L., F.R.S. J. W. L. Glaisher, Esq., M.A., Sc.D., F.R.S. H. F. Newall, Esq., M.A., F.R.S. E. J. Spitta, Esq. Treasurer. W. H. Maw, Esq. Secretaries. F. W. Dyson, Esq., M.A., F.R.S. E. T. Whittaker, Esq., M.A. Foreign Secretary. Sir William Huggins, K.O.B., O.M., LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.S. Council. Sir R. S. Ball, M.A., L.L.D., F.R.S., Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry, Cambridge. W. H. M. Christie, Esq., C.B., M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S., Astronomer Royal. A. A. Common, Esq., LL.D., F.R.S. Major E. H. Hills, R.E., C.M.G. A. R. Hinks, Esq., M.A. E. B. Knobel, Esq. Thomas Lewis, Esq. Frank Mcclean, Esq., M.A., LL.D., F.R.S. Major P. A. Macmahon, D.sc, F.R.S. Captain William Noble. A. A. Rambaut, Esq., D.Sc, F.R.S., Radcliffe Observer. W. G. Thackeray, Esq. MONTHLY NOTICES or THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. Vol. LXIII. March 13, 1903. No. 5 Professor H. H. Turner, D.sc, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. The following candidates were proposed for election as Fellows of the Society, the names of the proposers from personal knowledge being appended: --Rafel Patxot Jubert, Passeig Bonanova 64, Barcelona, Spain (proposed by J. Comas Sold); Ole Theodor Olsen, F.L.S., F.R.G.S., 116 St. Andrew's Terrace, Grimsby (proposed by Edward Roberts); Captain Ernest William Owens, Local Marine Board, Dock Street, E. (proposed by Count de Miremont); and Captain B. T. Stevens, 44 Bennett Park, Blackheath, S.E. (proposed by Thomas Lewis). One hundred and one presents were announced as havin.
